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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

`THOMAS HUGHES, OF DETROIT,` MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO VVILLIAML. BEARDSLEY AND G. S. HAZARD, OF SAME PLACE.

CLAMP FOR CRA'CKED HOOVFS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,441, dated January 17. 1828.

Application tiled May 27, 1836. Serial No. 203,410.

To aZZ whom it may concern.:

Beit known that I, THOMAS HUGHES, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clamps for Cracked Hoofs; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings,which struction of the parts and their combination,

as more fully hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved clamp as attached to a cracked hoof. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section Vthrough the same on the center line ofthe clamp.

In the drawings, A represents the two parts of the clamp, the outer ends of which are bent inward at right angles to the main body, or nearly so. The opposite ends are each provided with ears a, through which the adjusting-screw B passes, such screw being secured by the nutC. Each one Vof these parts A is provided with ,one or more holes through (No model.)

which short screws are employed to attach the parts, one on each side ot' thecrack, there first having been cut small recesses iu the hoof to receive the inwardly-turned ends of thev two parts of the clamp. At the point where it is 4o best to attach this clamp the shell of the hoof is sufficiently thick to allow'these recesses to be cut and short screws to be employed toattach the clamp to the hoof Without injury thereto.

. 4 I am aware of the Patent No. 309,690, and make no claim toV the construction shown therein as forming part of my invention.

I deem it important that the two parts of the clamp be secured to the hoof by the screws, 5o

asshown, whereby, should the tightening means become loose, the parts of the clamp will not become detached from the hoot. Furthermore, the peculiar form of the parts of the clamp allows of the use of ascrew-rod and 55 prevents pressure of the clamp on the cracked portion of the hoof.

What I claim as my invention is- The clamp described, consisting of the two parts A each of which is provided with ears 6o a, at right angles to the main body, and each part permanently secured to the hoof by means of screws, as shown, the adj usting-screw B, passed through holes in said ears, and the adj listing-nut C on the end of said screw, sub- 65 

